j;54 HOT-HOU^E DlsPLYYED. 



that apartment Winter and Summer ; foftie 

 plunged in the bark-bed, particularly all the 

 pine apple plants, and others occafionally that 

 are of the moft tender nature; though moil of 

 the other exotics will fucceed out of the 

 bark-bed, and may be difpofed upon the 

 Shelves, &c. in different parts of the houfe ; 

 allowing the whole moderate admiifions of 

 frefh air in warm funny days, lefs or more 

 according to the feafon ; and necejfary fupplies 

 of water to preferve the erath in the pots 

 moderately moifl; but for the general cuU 

 ture, fee the directions after the arrangement 

 pr lift of the plants. 



There being different orders of hot houies 

 and ftoves, a bark or moill Hove having con- 

 flant bark-beds, and affjfted by fires inWinter ; 

 and a dry (love, warmed by fire heat only, in 

 Winter, and cold wcaiher in the Spring, is for 

 particular forts of plants, fuch as many of the 

 fucculent plants ; though a common bark and 

 five heat Hove will generally be fuitable to the 

 general colledion of hot-houfe plants, as far 

 as room admirs : but (hall give iome gt-nerat 

 obfervations in the conllruiftion and ufe ot the 

 difterent forts of hot houfes. 



A bark flove is tlie moft common or ge- 

 neral hot houfe for the culture uf pine . - pies, 

 together with any other tender exotics, or hot* 

 houfe plants in general, is conllruded both 

 WJth fiues for fire heat, carried all round the 

 front, ends, and back walls, internally, and 

 with a capacious v.ide pitnearly the length of 

 the houfe, and a vard or three feet and a half 

 dccv, in which to make a tanner's baik hot- 

 bed. 



